Forex trading has been in existence for a long time and is one of the most preferred places for brokers, money market traders, financial analysts and bankers from all over the world. The potential of this market is enormous and there is no limit to any one’s earning if they trade intelligently and in a systematic way. The procedure should be followed step by step and there needs to be a constant learning environment among all the traders in order to enhance their knowledge about the forex market. Trading in a forex market is easy but analytical power and patience is the key in this market. Unlike in share market where there are thousands of products which are traded regularly here in forex market the products are the currencies of all the countries of the world. It may look like there are so many currencies and thus that number of products but the condition for traders set by the forex market board is that one trader can trade for a pair of currency only. A pair is made up of two currencies like pound/lira this is a pair and thus a person in this market that do business in lira and pound will always trade in this pair only.
Many people want to trade in this market but they need to have their basics right in order to do business here. The first step they need to take is that they should acquire knowledge about the forex market and how to trade in this market. The transaction is done through exchange of currencies on the rate prevailing at that time. Going through tutorials on internet through different sources is most important for any new trader. This is very important because the tutorials give an in depth knowledge about the functioning of the forex market. The next thing that they need to do is make a dummy account which is free on internet and do pseudo trading through it. This will give them a practical knowledge about the forex market and at the same time will not require them to work on the actual field. The most important thing that they need to take care of is that making profit is less important than saving what a person currently has. So educating oneself about analyzing the risk and making sure that risk is minimal is a compulsion for any fresher.
After gaining adequate knowledge and going through the norms of the forex market. They should learn about the mode of trading, which is through the broker working in the forex market. Make a plan on how to trade in the market and about what can be the initial start up that they can invest in the market. In general 100000 is the actual start up of any fresher. Knowing about the stop loss which is the maximum loss that one trader can bear should be kept in mind. The plan needs to be implemented in the market and trading should be done according to that only.